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Old 01-21-2009, 02:57 PM  
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Originally Posted by ebus_dk View Post
Guess why? because "hispanic" means JUST THAT

Hispanic (Spanish: hispano, hispánico) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania (geographically coinciding with the Iberian peninsula: modern day Spain and Portugal) or to its pre-Roman peoples.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic
no need to quote and sound smart.

What I mean is that some of north americans when they hear word spanish they think of people from latin america or of people from their local neighboorhood. I agree that they are not white.
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